Holiday Hours

The Glen Park Library and all other San Francisco Public Libraries are observing these Holiday hours:

Tuesday 12/31- Close at 5:00pm
Wednesday 01/01- Closed

A Child's Christmas in Wales: A reading

 

Saturday, December 14th
4:00 pm

A Child’s Christmas in Wales: A reading
Join your friends and neighbors for a reading of Dylan Thomas’s magical prose poem. Told through the wonder-filled eyes of a young boy the poem remembers the Christmases celebrated long ago in a Welsh seaside town. Actor Mike Vaughn has read this poem to delighted audiences around the Bay Area many times and finds new enjoyment in Thomas’s evocative images and lyrical language at each reading.

All ages welcome. Holiday refreshments will be served!

First Friday's: Movie Day

Friday, December  6
4:00pm

We will be showing Ratatouille. Rated G.

A rat named Remy dreams of becoming a great chef despite his family's wishes and the obvious problem of being a rat in a decidedly rodent-phobic profession. When fate places Remy in Paris, he finds himself ideally situated beneath a restaurant made famous by his culinary hero. Despite the apparent dangers of being an unwanted visitor in the kitchen of one of Paris' most exclusive restaurants, Remy forms an unlikely partnership with Linguini, the garbage boy, who inadvertently discovers Remy's amazing talents. They strike a deal, ultimately setting into motion a chain of extraordinary events that turns the culinary world of Paris upside down.

For ages 6 and older.

No Storytime Dec 10th.

Just a quick reminder that next Tuesday, December 10 there will only be Playtime and no storytime. The regular Baby Rhyme and Playtime will resume Tuesday, December 17 at 10:30am.

Covered California Enrollment Event

Saturday, December 7th from 1:00pm -3:00pm

Glen Park Branch Library

Enrollment counselors will talk with you face-to-face to explain your health coverage options through Covered California and help you select the best plan for your medical needs and budget. You can also find out if you qualify for low-cost or no-cost coverage through Medi-Cal.

Here is what you will need to bring:
• Current income of all family members on the application
(tax return, W-2, recent pay stubs, etc.)
• Legal resident card or Certificate of Naturalized Citizenship
(if applicable – the numbers on the card are required in the application)
• Copy of U.S. citizenship and residency status
• Copy of SSN and DOB for each family member in the household

Thankgiving Hours

The Glen Park Library and all the San Francisco Public Libraries will have these hours for the Thanksgiving Holiday:

Wednesday, November 27
All locations close at 5:00 pm

Thursday, November 28
All locations are closed

Friday, November 29
All locations are closed

The Glen Park branch will reopen with its normal hours on Saturday, November 30 at 1:00pm.

Saturday @ the Movies Presents: The Bishop's Wife

November, 23
3:00pm

Determined to raise funds to build a new cathedral Bishop Henry Brougham (David Niven) prays for guidance. His prayers appear to have been answered when a suave angel named Dudley (Cary Grant) arrives on the scene. Everyone who meets Dudley adores him, but only Henry knows the charming angel’s true identity. When Henry’s wife (Loretta Young) becomes a little too fond of Dudley the bishop is eager for the angel to go back to heaven.

Black & white; 109 minutes

Glen Park Library now on Facebook!

The Glen Park Library has now joined the modern age and we now have a Facebook page. I do plan to keep updating the blog so if you are not a Facebook user, fear not!

If you are a Facebook user, please Like us at: https://www.facebook.com/glenparkbranchlibrary

Find a Public Elementary School for Your Child

Wednesday, November 20
6:00 pm
Glen Park Branch Library
2825 Diamond Street
San Francisco

Researching, deciding, and applying for transitional kindergarten, kindergarten, or any other elementary school grades can seem overwhelming.  Parents for Public Schools of San Francisco is hosting this workshop to help parents/guardians understand their elementary school options and navigate through the enrollment processes.
Attendees will:

• hear about the San Francisco Unified School District (SFUSD) Student Assignment System
• receive advice and tips from experienced parents
• learn about key dates and associated actions required

Register Online by going to the Parents for Public Schools website, www.ppssf.org  or call 415.861.7077

Co-sponsored by School Support Services @ San Francisco Public Library

K2C College Savings Account Information Session

Thursday, November 14
6:00 pm
Glen Park Branch Library

This November 2013, all Kindergarten students attending SFUSD will have a K2C college savings account automatically opened for them from the City of San Francisco. Each child's account will have an initial deposit of $50 with the opportunity to earn over $200 in savings bonuses.
 No need to RSVP, feel free to just show up! For more information, please contact Annie Liu, K2C Outreach Coordinator, at 415-554-4453 or annie.liu@sfgov.org.

Glen Park Knitting Circle

Wednesday, November 13
4:30-6:00pm

Starting this month, we will host a knitting circle every 2nd Wednesday of the month.

Bring your knitting projects and join other knitters at the Glen Park Knitting Circle! Learn from other knitters and share your skills. 

All ages and levels are welcome.

Pet worms and composting

Friday, November 15
4:00 pm

Kids will learn about how worms help our environment, why we compost and have a chance to bring home their  own mini worm bin.

The Workshop begins with the journey of two apple cores, one that ends up in the dump, and the other that gets composted by worms with a goal of answering the question: why compost?
Kids get to interact with the worms and learn exactly which types of food to give them and which to avoid. For the final 10 minutes of the workshop kids can interact with their new pets and parents can ask any worm-related questions they’ve thought of during the workshop.

For ages 5 and older. Space is limited to 15 children. Please call 355-2858 to reserve a spot.

Monet, Pissaro and the Impressionist Movement

Saturday, November 9
3:00pm

It's Paris, 1874, and the world of art is about to change forever. Join us as artist and art educator Marlene Aron brings this exciting era to life. View over one hundred slides of art by Monet, Renoir, Pissarro, Cezanne, Lautrec, Sisley, Degas, Cassatt and Morisot. Each of these artists experienced and expressed the world about them in their own unique and personal way. Pointillism, expressionism, it was all a part of the new avant-garde of Paris in the 1800's

Library Closed: November 11th

The Glen Park Library will be closed on Monday, November 11th for Veteran's Day.

History of Glen Canyon: Part 2

Wednesday, November 6
6:00pm

Glen Canyon, located in the heart of the City and County of San Francisco, is 70 acres of what appears to be native open space. However, the wilderness setting we enjoy today is actually the result of centuries of land use and development. This program will review the natural history, pre-history, and early history of Glen Canyon, including the designation of Glen Canyon as a California Historical Landmark.

¡Baila conmigo! Dance with Me, Maria Luna!

Saturday, October 26
1:00pm

This program will integrate Mexican folk dance and creative movement. Children will have the opportunity to dress in costume and learn about the history, culture, and dances from different regions of Mexico. Dances will include structured foot work and partner dancing.

For children of all ages.

Saturday @ the Movies Presents: On the Waterfront

Saturday, October 26
3:00pm

In this critically acclaimed film, directed by Elia Kazan, Marlon Brando plays a former boxer who reaches a crisis of conscience after aiding in the murder of a coworker on the corruption-ridden New York City docks. On the Waterfront won eight Academy Awards, including Best Picture, Best Director, Best Actor and Best Actress in a Supporting Role for Eva Marie Saint.

Black and white; 108 minutes.

LED Robot Plushie Workshop + Little Brother Book Discussion

Friday, October 25
3:00pm
 
Learn how to light-up your craft projects with Amelia Strader, owner and founder of mobile crafting workshop GoGo Craft. She will take you step-by-step through the process of making and then adding LEDs to this adorable robot plushie. Materials included.
While you craft, you can chat about SFPL’s One City One Book - Little Brother by Cory Doctorow, which features teens using technology for fun, a little mayhem, and to defend civil rights. 

For ages 13 and up. Limited to 12 participants. Contact the branch to sign-up, 415-355-2858.

Library Closed

The Library will be Closed for Columbus Day, October 14. We will reopen Tuesday, October 15 at 10:00am.

Read for the Record!

Thursday, October 3
4:00 pm


This will be a storytime all about transportation!

Join the world's largest celebration of reading! Each year, we help set a new world record for the most children reading the same book with a caregiver on the same day. This year on October 3, 2013, millions of children will read Otis by Loren Long.
For children of all ages.

Saturday @ the Movies Presents: Existenz

Saturday @ the Movies Presents: Existenz
Saturday, September 28th
3:00pm

Join us for a screening of director David Cronenberg's sci-fi thriller “Existenz." 

After an assassination attempt a computer designer, played by Jennifer Jason Leigh, aligns herself with a security guard (Jude Law) and seduces him into playing Existenz, her latest game. The  game's technology is so revolutionary, that real and imagined incidents merge into a relentless game of nerves.

Rated R; 97 Minutes

Storycorps @ your library
Record Your San Francisco Story

Wednesday, September 25th

4:00pm - 7:00pm

Take part in our annual One City One Book: San Francisco Reads celebration by recording your own truly San Francisco story. This year's book is Cory Doctorow's Little Brother, which tells the story of a San Francisco high-school age hacker who leads an effort to protect democracy and freedom in the aftermath of a terrorist attack. We are recording stories around the themes of the book and about growing up in San Francisco – tell us about your high school experience, your neighborhood and family, or social justice efforts you participated in, here in the Bay Area. We’d love to hear and collect them.

Schedule an appointment to record your San Francisco story by calling (415) 557-4277 or email at publicaffairs@sfpl.org

Interviews are collected as part of StoryCorps @ your library, a project of the American Library Association and StoryCorps. Funding for Storycorps @ your library is provided by the Institute of Museum and Library Sciences. More information at www.storycorps.org.

Storycorps @ your library

Record Your San Francisco Story - See more at: http://sfpl.org/index.php?pg=1013463901#sthash.1Fdy2XLF.dpuf

Yidishkayt 101- An Introduction to Secular Jewish Culture

Yidishkayt 101- An Introduction to Secular Jewish Culture
(You don’t have to be Jewish to find out about 'Yidishkayt'!)
Saturday, September 21
3:00pm

Have you ever wondered about the meaning of  “Yidishkayt” (Jewish culture, or way of life), as distinct from religious “Judaism,” or about its relationship to popular klezmer music?

Come and hear answers (to questions you may have had but didn’t know whom to ask) from members of the secular Jewish Workmen’s Circle/Arbeter Ring of Northern California, about:

*  Yidishkayt’s deep roots in Eastern European Jewish (Ashkenazic) cultural history;

*  Workmen’s Circle/Arbeter Ring’s beginnings here after the 1906 earthquake, for mutual aid and to improve working conditions of its Yiddish-speaking founders;

*  Current Bay Area Yiddish offerings: musical events, language & literature study groups, recent books, social justice campaigns, and English-Yiddish comic strips.

Yidishkayt 101- An Introduction to Secular Jewish Culture - See more at: http://sfpl.org/index.php?pg=1014242801#sthash.nWG6yBF3.dpuf

First Friday- Paint a creature!

Friday, September 6

4:00 pm

For children ages 6 and older.

We will have ceramic pigs, aliens and owls that you can paint with your own design and then take home.

We will have ceramic pigs, aliens and owls that you can paint with your own design and then take home. - See more at: http://sfpl.org/index.php?pg=1014333301#sthash.hApNiCDK.dpuf

                                                                                                                                                                       

Library closed on Monday, September 2, for Labor Day

The Glen Park Branch and all other San Francisco Public Libraries will be closed on Monday, September 2, for Labor Day.

Saturday @ the Movies Presents: Mr. Deeds Goes to Town

Saturday, August 24th

3:00pm

Glen Park Public Library

Longfellow Deeds lives in a small town in Vermont, writing poetry for greeting cards and playing the tuba in the town band. His contented life comes to a halt when he inherits a fortune from a distant uncle. Before long Deeds is living in the big city – and being preyed upon by an unscrupulous attorney and a hard-nosed reporter from a sensationalist daily newspaper. Fortunately, it’s hard to cheat an honest man!

Frank Capra directed this film, for which he won his second Best Director Academy Award. He delayed filming for six months until Gary Cooper became available to play Longfellow Deeds, as Cooper was his only choice for the role.  

Black and white; 115 minutes.

Longfellow Deeds lives in a small town in Vermont, writing poetry for greeting cards and playing the tuba in the town band. His contented life comes to a halt when he inherits a fortune from a distant uncle. Before long Deeds is living in the big city – and being preyed upon by an unscrupulous attorney and a hard-nosed reporter from a sensationalist daily newspaper. Fortunately, it’s hard to cheat an honest man!
Frank Capra directed this film, for which he won his second Best Director Academy Award. He delayed filming for six months until Gary Cooper became available to play Longfellow Deeds, as Cooper was his only choice for the role.
Black and white; 115 minutes.
- See more at: http://sfpl.org/index.php?pg=1013978501#sthash.0yWwucRl.dpuf

Database Spotllight: Learning Express

Do you have a test to take? 
 

The San Francisco Public Library offers a variety of preparation materials for academic and career-related exams. Even if you wait until the last minute to prepare for your test you can use your library card and PIN to access study materials for many exams through Learning Express Library, one of the Library’s subscription databases. 

The academic exams covered by the database range from the 4^th grade Starr test to the entrance exam for medical school. The Jobs & Careers category includes study materials for the Civil Service exam, as well as for many other professions. There are also sections for job searching and for taking the U.S. Citizenship exam.   

To access the Learning Express Library go to the Library’s homepage (www.sfpl.org) and log in to your account using your Library card number and your PIN.

 Select the eLibrary tab at the top of the homepage to open the menu. 

Choose eLearning and click on the link for Learning Express.

Create a user name and password to register. An email address is not required. By registering you’ll ensure that all of the eBooks and practice exams you access are kept in one location, called My Center. This makes it easy to return to exams you haven’t finished and books you’re still using.

Practice tests and eBooks are grouped into Learning Centers. You can select a Learning Center from the left side of the page or use the link in the center of the page to see the full list of centers. Categories under the centers may have more than one test. For example the Learning Center for College Students contains the category Graduate School Entrance Exams Preparation. There are six practice exams under this category, including the GRE and the LSAT.  To search for practice materials for a particular exam use the search box located above the list of Learning Centers.

Even if an exam is not in your future you may want to visit Learning Express to enhance your computer skills. The Learning Express Library includes tutorials for popular software. The interactive courses include programs such as Microsoft Word and Excel, as well as Adobe Photoshop. 

In many cases there are tutorials for both Mac and Windows users and for multiple versions of the software.

Have fun learning!  

Local Hiking and Biking books

If you'll be spending the last weeks of summer close to home, the Library can help you find lots of ideas for local adventures. Here are just a few of the guidebooks that can help you make the most of your next "staycation."

 -Creaky Knees Guide Northern California: The 80 best easy Hikes by Ann Marie Brown. Includes maps, driving directions and details on elevation gains.

-In addition to trail descriptions, Laure Latham's Best Hikes with Kids: San Francisco Bay Area discusses safety and environmental awareness, suggest good hikes for dogs and strollers and much more.

-Northern California Biking from the Moon Outdoors series provides details on popular and less-traveled routes in the Bay Area, wine country, Tahoe and Yosemite.


   

Boswick the Clown

Saturday, August 10
4:00pm


Join us for fun and clowning with Boswick! For children of all ages.